The Emergence of Multiple-Text Manuscripts

Selecting and excerpting, summarizing and canonizing, arranging texts and visual signs in manuscripts appear to be universal practices. This volume analyses the fascinating vicissitudes of birth and development, growth and decrease, of manuscripts consisting of more texts ('multiple-text manusc...

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Main Author: Bausi, Alessandro
Other Authors: Friedrich, Michael, Maniaci, Marilena
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
Series:Studies in Manuscript Cultures
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Collection: Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Selecting and excerpting, summarizing and canonizing, arranging texts and visual signs in manuscripts appear to be universal practices. This volume analyses the fascinating vicissitudes of birth and development, growth and decrease, of manuscripts consisting of more texts ('multiple-text manuscripts'), at the example of a vast array of manuscript cultures, from the Indian, African, Christian, Islamic, and European domains.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), by-nc-nd/4.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (361 p.)
ISBN:9783110646122
9783110646122;9783110645934